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  1. adjective Having one or more extra sets of chromosomes: a polyploid species; a polyploid cell.
  2. noun An organism with more than two sets of chromosomes.

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  • Cardamine (Brassicaceae) taxa from closely related polyploid complexes. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Within the wheat tribe, about three-quarters of the taxa are of polyploid origin (Löve, 1984) ... —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The insight gained will help to identify key genes causing differences in allergenicity among different cultivars of peach and other Prunus species. allergen apple assignment association bactris bayesian beech biodiversity bioinformatics birch flowering fragmentation frog genome gliadin gluten gmo haplotype hybridisation identification inbreeding indicator landscape-genetics ld mads metapopulation microsatellite mirna nbs pedigree pholidoptera phylogeny plutella polyploid poplar potato ramin review rnai rose similarity soybean sugar-beet tracing wheat —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Results are discussed with regard to practical implications for the management of genetic resources with farming communities. allergen apple assignment association bactris bayesian beech biodiversity bioinformatics birch flowering fragmentation frog genome gliadin gluten gmo haplotype hybridisation identification inbreeding indicator landscape-genetics ld mads metapopulation microsatellite mirna nbs pedigree pholidoptera phylogeny plutella polyploid poplar potato ramin review rnai rose similarity soybean sugar-beet tracing wheat —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Comparison of the two patterns suggests that the conventional architecture prevails in eukaryotic nuclei because it results in more flexible chromosome arrangements, facilitating positional regulation of nuclear functions. abc_transporter adaptation ageing aggregation alu aneuploidy angiogenesis angiosperm animal anthropology antibiotic antibody anti-viral_immunity apoptosis arabidopsis archea archeaology artificial_selection asexual_reproduction atavism backup bacteria baleen bandwagon_effect base_excision_repair bayesian_methods bias biased_mutation biased_mutations biased_recombination bilaterian bioengineering biology biology_education biotech blastoderm blood book_review brain breast_cancer buffering canalization cancer catalyst c_elegans cell-cell_adhesion cell_cycle cell_polarity cell_signalling cell_specification cellular centromere chipseq chip-seq chromatin chromosomal_rearrangement chromosome_distribution chromosome_structure cichlid circadian_rhythm clade-specific club coat_color codon_bias colonization communication_bacterial comparative_genomics comparative_network comparative_proteomics compensatory_mutations competitive_binding competitive_interaction complexity complex_traits convergent_evolution co-option correlated_evolution cost_of_complexity cpg_island critical_thinking crosslinking ctenophora cytokine dauer ddc democracy designed_mutations de-speciation development digestion disease disordered_protein dispensability diversification dna dna_damage dna_methylation dna-protein_interaction dna_repair dnds dog domestication dosage_effect drosophila dscam e_coli ecology education effect_size egg_yolk empirical encode endomesoderm endothelium environmental environmental_effects environmental_niche environmental_sensing enzyme epigenetic_inheritance epistasis eqtl essentiality estrogen eukaryote eusociality evidence evo-devo evolution evolutionary_constraint evolution_rate evolvability expression eye facilitated faculative_asexuality false_discovery_rate fault_tolerance faulty_assumptions feedback_negative feedback_positive fitness flagella frameshift frequency functional_network fungi galactose gap_gene gender_differences gene_buffering gene_deletion gene_duplication gene_expression gene_family gene_function gene_redundant gene_regulation gene_silencing genetic_load genetic_meltdown genetic_variation genital_defect genome genome_defense genome_duplication genome_phylogeny genome_size genotype glucose gnathostome graceful_degradation gravity growth_rate haploinsufficiency hearing heat_shock heirarchy hemoglobin heterozygosity hgt histone_methylation homologous_recombination homology homomers horizontal_gene_transfer hormone hub_protein human hybrid_vigor indel inference information inheritance insect insertion_site_bias interferon internal_fertilization intron intron_gain intron_loss introns inverted_repeats ion_transport jaw journal junk_dna kinase kin_selection lactation linkage_disequilibrium lung mammalian_evolution marcotte marsupial mass_spectroscopy mating_pathway mcat melanin memory metabolism metazoan metazoan_phylogeny microrna mirna mistranslation mitochondria mitochondrial_dna modeling model_of_evolution modularity module monogamy morphogenesis morphology moult mouse mrna multicellularity mutation mutation_rate mycorrhizal natural_selection ncrna nearly_neutral_theory network network_evolution neurodegeneration neuron neutral_mutation neutral_network nocturnal noise nonconserved_functional_dna non-mendelian nonsense_mediated_decay novel_gene nuclear_export nuclear_import nucleosomes nucleotide_repeats number_systems oligomerization orphan_gene oryza_sativa osmoregulation overexpression oxidative_damage p38 paleoclimate paleontology parallel_evolution paralog parameter_fitting paraphyly pathogen pathogenesis pathogen_resistance pathway peer_review perception periodontal_disease phenotype phenotype_prediction photoreceptor phylogenetics phylogenomics physiology placenta 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sleep snake speciation spliceosome splicing stacking_the_deck statistics stem_cell stochastic_variation stress_genes subfunctionalization sulfur_mustard superfamily symbiosis synapse synteny synthetic_biology synthetic_rescue systems systems_biology sytems tandem_repeats targeted_sequencing teeth telomere testis theodosius_dobzhansky thermal_stability tissue_specific toolkit transcription transcription_elongation transcription_factor transcription_factor_binding_site transposable_element transposon triplet_repeat two-component_signalling type_iii_secretion unknown_mechanism usefulness_of_evolutionary_theory variation vertebrate vesicle virus vision viviparity whale yeast CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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